Brad-driver



F.' P. SCHEIDEMANTLE.

ABRAD DRIVER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY l I9l9.

1,330,283. Patented Feb. 10,1920.

neinv s lairs Leganes.'

speciecation of Letters Patent. j Paten-eid F9510, A192() Applicationfiled May 1,1919. Serial No. 293,971. l

To all whom t may concern.' l Y Be itl known that I, FERDINAND l?.SoiiiiinnuAnfrLn, citizen of the United States, residing at EllwoodCity, in the county. of Lawrence and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new land useful improvements in Brad-Drivers; and l dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

, My invention relates to the ar.J ofpicture framing and moreparticularly to a novel form of tool for driving brads in the frame toretain the glass, mat, picture and lb aching, or other contents of theframe in place. Heretofora, difficulty has been encountered in drivingthe brads in the frame and this has necessitated the expenditure of agreat deal of time, andthe object of the present invention is to providea simple and inex-` pensive, yet a highly efficient, rapid, .and

reliable tool for driving the brads, by simply moving two handlestogether.

llVith the foregoing in view, the inventio resides in the toolhereinafter fully described and claimed, the invention being illustratedin the accompanying dn wing.Y Figure 1 is a side elevation partly inseetion, showing the tool in use.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the tool removed' fromv the frame.

ln the drawing above brieiiy described, the numeral 1 designates a flat'bar having one end bent at a right angle thereto as seenv at 2 andshaped to form a handle 3 to which a iiat spring i may be secured. Asubstantially S-shaped lever 5V crosses the lower end i?, of the' handle3 and is fulcrunied thereto by a rivet or the like 6, the upper endofsaid lever being shapedto form a handle 7 against whose inner side thespring l bears to normally hold said lever in a retracted position.` Thelower end 8 of the lever 5 is widened, preferably by havingv an eXtrathickness of material 9 riveted thereto, and said end forms 'a drivingnose for the brads 10 as seen in Fig. 1.-

A. slide 12 is mounted on the bar 1 andi is held against lateral tiltingby the flat shape of the latter, and by means of a set screw 13 threadedin the upper end of said slide and adapted to engage sockets 14 in theupper edge of the bar, said slide may be held in adjusted position. `Thelslide 1.2

projects below the` bar 1 and is provided witha cushioning'block 15 ofany preferred material which may' be secured thereto by `countersunkrivets or the like 11. The cushion 15 contacts with thefouter edge ofthe picture frame 16, the lower end lof the leverv 5 abuts the head ofthe brad 10, and by simply moving said lever toward the handle 3, by asingle movement of the operators hand, the brad will be driven in place.The

slide 12 is adjusted along the bar according to the width of the frame.

VFrom the foregoing, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,it will be obvious that although my invention is of eX- treinely simple]and linexpensive nature, it will overcome diiliculties Vheretoforeencountered andl will consequently be a great saver of time. suits areobtained from the details disclosed, they may .well be followed, butwithin the scope of the invention as claimed, numerousl minor changes lclaim: 1. A tool for driving brads in picture frames comprising va barhaving one end may well; be made.

bent right angle thereto andshaped to form a handle,- an approximatelyS-shaped Since probablyv the best re-1j lever crossing vthe lowerportion of said i handle-forming vend of said barand fulcruined thereto,the upper end fof said ,lever forming a handle for cooperation with thefirst named handle in moving'l said lever around its fulcrunn'the lowerend of said lever forming a brad driving nose, a slide mounted on aidbar, andmeansfor holding..v said slide in adjusted position, said slideVbeing adapted to engage the outer edge of the picture frame,Y wherebymovement of the lever will drive la bradv into the inner edge of saidframe. `v Y 2. A' tool rfor driving brads in Vpicture frames, comprisinga 'flat-sided bar having one end bent ata right angle thereto and shapedto .form av handle, anapproximately r3-shaped lever crossing the lowerportion of said handle-forming end of said bar and fnlcruinedthereto,kthe `upper end of saidv `lever forming a handle for coperation with thefirst named handle innioving said lever around its fulcruni, the lowerend of said lever forming a brad driving nose, a slide mounted on saidbar and held againstlateral tilting byV the Vshape thereof, said barhirving spaced `sockets in its upper edge, "a set screw threaded intheupper endof said slide adapted to abut the outer edge of the pictureframe, whereby movement of the aforesaid lever will drive @brad in theinner edge of said frame. r 10 In testimony whereof I have hereunto setmy hand.

